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09/15/10, 04:26 PM
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Weather Radios
Any recommendations on an emergency weather radio? We'd like one that you can keep on all the time. We have one now but you can't keep it on all the time because it'd never be silent. We're looking for one that only turns on in an emergency. In tornado land, out in the boonies.......
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09/15/10, 05:58 PM
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Check with your fire dept and see what they have. We have one on our repeater for ham radio but I don't know the brand. I do know we paid a lot for it. A lot of schools have them so you might be able to find what they use. Good luck. Sam
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09/15/10, 06:07 PM
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Depending on how far out you are most new weather radios (you can find them at Wal Mart) have an 'auto on' feature which basically allows the weather service to turn the radio on with a special signal when there is a watch or warning.
I have never checked but I"m sure some one makes one you can attach an external antenna to so you can increase the range.
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09/15/10, 06:10 PM
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Hey, thanks. Now I know what I going to get DH for Christmas! I'll watch for more responses....I like the idea of that "auto on" feature.
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09/15/10, 07:00 PM
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There are basically 3 types of weather radios.
1) Basic weather tone radio, older style willl go over whenever there is an issue within the coverage areas of the transmitters. These are cheap and you will throw it out the window after a few months of weather alerts...
2) SAME, Specific areas messages system, This allows you to set set your county or sub county and only get alerts for your area and alerts for your specific interest.
3) SAME enhanced or polygon enabled, This is not very common yet but will allow you to greatly draw down the areas you want to hear alerts for. Only hear alerts for your city, not the entire zipcode. Lots of options, If your out west or in an area with weather radio's that cover a LARGE area this is great.
Just keep in mind, IT HAS TO BE ON AND VOLUME up for it to be any good...
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09/16/10, 08:18 AM
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We have the SolarLink FR600RDS. It's a little more than just a weather radio. It sells for around $68.
•Offers full-time power via built-in solar panel on top or hand crank on face; can even be used without batteries on hand-crank power alone
•Charger breathes life into most brands of cell phone batteries and MP3 players with USB adapter (not included)
•Internal rechargeable NiMH battery pack stores power generated from solar panel, hand crank or AC adapter, sold separately
•In addition to solar power, hand-crank power, rechargeable battery power and optional AC power, unit can also be powered from 3 AA batteries, sold separately
•Tunes in all 7 NOAA weather radio channels and features an ''Alert'' function to keep you abreast of significant weather changes
•S.A.M.E. technology offers location-specific weather alerts
•Also picks up AM, FM and shortwave radio signals (5800 - 12200 KHz)
•Telescoping antenna picks up FM, NOAA and shortwave reception; internal antenna receives AM reception
•Tuning knob and digital display offer smooth dialing to zero in on finicky signals; full range monophonic front speaker delivers clear sound reproduction
•5 LED lights (4 white, 1 red) on side provide emergency lighting and feature a flash mode for use as an emergency beacon
•Emergency siren provides audible distress call
•12-hour digital clock has alarm, snooze and sleep timer
•Jacks for 3.5mm headphone input, cell phone/MP3 charger, auxilary-in and DC-in have rubber gaskets to help seal out moisture
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09/16/10, 09:00 AM
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You need to check out places like groceries for a weather radio, believe it or not. Kroger in this area sells ones that you can set to areas you are interested in for under 30$. At the beginning of twister season they have huge displays of them in every store that I know of around here (and this is to supplement the tower sirens left over from the 50s.)
Be sure it has the "S.A.M.E. localized reception" feature (Specific Area Messaging) so you don't get all in the area, even those that are far, far away.
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09/16/10, 09:20 AM
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Gary, can you give an idea as to where to get a SAME receiver..??
theres is no Kroger with in a couple hundred miles of my area.
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09/16/10, 11:18 AM
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google "Midland WR-100"
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09/16/10, 12:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim-mi
Gary, can you give an idea as to where to get a SAME receiver..??
theres is no Kroger with in a couple hundred miles of my area.
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ebay, or any major store at their dot com.
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09/16/10, 01:22 PM
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I've got a Reecom R1650 which will do everything you need and it does have S.A.M.E. technology as well as multiple power backups. I'm 100% satisfied with mine. You can find them online several places, including Amazon.
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09/16/10, 01:54 PM
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I have one of the first types. I unplugged it.
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09/16/10, 06:40 PM
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We have the Midland WR300. It stays unplugged most of the time, if one wants to sleep a night during storms, or maybe no storms at all. It seems like all it ever did was put out alarms (even with SAME set up).
Like most other government entities and TV weather, the NWS has adopted the "ready - fire - aim" approach for severe weather reports.
A severe thunderstorm alert, sets off the alarm about every 20 minutes and may last for several hours during a longer storm. We don't really need an alarm to tell us there is a thunderstorm going on.
A tornado watch and a tornado warning are nearly the same any more, as if clouds look on radar "like a tornado might form", is enough for the NWS to send out constant alerts. They don't even need to spot one.
I can get severe weather alerts from my iphone, which are slightly less annoying.
If we are up and there is realy bad storms, we will turn it on for updates and watch the sky for tornados.
We are not blaming the radio, as it is a pretty decent unit. It's also battery operated, that we had used when the power went out.
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09/17/10, 05:32 AM
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Just about any place that sells electronics will have weather radios, also CVS, wallgreens, wallmart. Check with your local EMA office and see if they have any programs going on to give them away.
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09/17/10, 06:11 AM
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We got one from my DDaughter as a house-warming gift, when we moved out here to a rural location in the Country. It's a little $25 radio from Radio Shack.
It works great! It generally gives us 30 minutes to an hour when a Severe storm is heading our way. It has a Volume dial you can adjust to lower the volume, to an acceptable level and a switch to turn off the Alarm, if you want.
We are happy with it most times. Glad to have it.
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09/17/10, 07:21 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cabin Fever
We have the SolarLink FR600RDS. It's a little more than just a weather radio. It sells for around $68.
• Offers full-time power via built-in solar panel on top or hand crank on face; can even be used without batteries on hand-crank power alone
•Charger breathes life into most brands of cell phone batteries and MP3 players with USB adapter (not included)
•Internal rechargeable NiMH battery pack stores power generated from solar panel, hand crank or AC adapter, sold separately
•In addition to solar power, hand-crank power, rechargeable battery power and optional AC power, unit can also be powered from 3 AA batteries, sold separately
•Tunes in all 7 NOAA weather radio channels and features an ''Alert'' function to keep you abreast of significant weather changes
•S.A.M.E. technology offers location-specific weather alerts
•Also picks up AM, FM and shortwave radio signals (5800 - 12200 KHz)
•Telescoping antenna picks up FM, NOAA and shortwave reception; internal antenna receives AM reception
•Tuning knob and digital display offer smooth dialing to zero in on finicky signals; full range monophonic front speaker delivers clear sound reproduction
•5 LED lights (4 white, 1 red) on side provide emergency lighting and feature a flash mode for use as an emergency beacon
•Emergency siren provides audible distress call
•12-hour digital clock has alarm, snooze and sleep timer
•Jacks for 3.5mm headphone input, cell phone/MP3 charger, auxilary-in and DC-in have rubber gaskets to help seal out moisture |
I think I saw this one at Costco yesterday for $59.99. It was packaged with the Red Cross name & symbol on it. Looked very cool.
Kinda odd to see it in stock at the start of fall.
deb
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